Law enforcement publishes onchain message to wallet holder regarding $825k USDT theft, offering 10% bounty for full return within 3 days.
Regulation & Gov ·
An onchain message directed at a specific wallet holder details allegations of a theft involving 825,015 USDT taken on June 2, 2026. According to the message, 50,000 USDT of the stolen amount was frozen during an attempted conversion at FixedFloat, while the remainder—427.78 ETH—remains held at the target address. The message claims law enforcement has obtained court orders and is actively monitoring the account's activity.
The sender offered a resolution pathway: return all funds within three days and receive a 10% bounty, framed as a whitehat resolution with terms to be negotiated. The message included an email contact at investigations@amlcrypto.io and asserted that privacy tools such as Tor and VPN would not provide complete protection. The message was transmitted via a transaction on Ethereum mainnet from a separate address.
What remains unclear is whether the funds have been returned, the status of any ongoing law enforcement investigation, and verification of the legitimacy of the sender's claims and authority to represent law enforcement or the victim.